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WATCH CASE.

No. 330,229. Patented Nov. 10, 1885.

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CHARLES K. CILEs, or CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

WATCH-CAS E.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 330,229, dated November 10, 1885.

Application tiled April 27, 1885.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, GI-IAELEs K. GILEs, a citizen of the United States, and residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vatch-Cases, which are fully set forth in the following specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a plan view of a watch-case embodying my invention, a portion thereof being broken away to show the construction; Fig. 2, a sectional view of the same on the line 0c x of Fig. l; Fig. 3,a detail view of the caselining detached; Fig. 4, a similar View showing the inner bezel or ring hinged to the caselining, a portion of the figure being broken away to show the construction, and Fig. 5, a detail sectional view of the bezel proper.

Like letters refer to like parts in all the figures ofthe drawings.

My invenIion relates to watch-cases, its object being to provide a case-lining which may readily be slipped into place and retained within the case proper, and shall also be readily removable therefrom, while at the same time it will effectively prevent any access of dust to the watch-movement; and to these ends my invention consists in certain novel features, which I will now proceed to describe, and then specifically point out in the claims.

In the drawings, A represents a case-lining constructed of suitable material,substantially in the form shown, and provided at its lower edge with a ange,cr,surrounding the saidedge, and at its upper edge with an external screwthread, a', upon which the bezel B, carrying the crystal b, and internally threaded at its lower edge at b fits. It will be observed that when the bezel B is applied t0 the caselining the two together will form a dust-proof case or box to protect the movement from injury by dust 0r the like.

To the upper edge of the case-lining A is hinged, in any suitable manner, the ring or inner bezel, C, provided with a seat, c, to receive the movement-ring D,which is snapped or sprung into said seat so as to attach it to the bezel C, as set forth in an application filed by me of even date herewith. It will be seen that with this construction by removing the Serial No. '163,659. (No model.)

outer bezel or bezel proper, B, the inner bezel or ring, G, and the movement-holding ring and movement contained therein can be swung out from the case-lining for inspection or removal, b

if desired, with great facility.

E indicates a case center of ordinary constructiomand E E2 the back and front plates, hinged thereto in the ordinary manner, the whole forming a hunter-case for inclosing the movement. IIhe case-lining A is of such dimensions as to iit closely within the center E, and may readily be inserted in the same from below, being secured in position by screwing the outer bezel or bezel proper, B, upon the screw-threaded upper portion, c', of the lining, so as to clamp the center E between the flange a of the case-lining and the lower edge of the bezel, as shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings. V

The case-lining and the movement arranged therein may be as readily removed by unscrewing the bezel B, and withdrawing the caselining from the center E in an obvious manner.

IVith the above construction it will be seen that I provide a dust-proofcase-lining to contain the movement, which may be readily placed in position in the case proper and as readily removed, while, at the same time, the movement within the case-lining may be swung out, as hereinbefore described, to permit inspection of the same or its removal when desired.

It will be observed that the hinge-j oint between the bezel C and lining A is arranged at a distance of one-quarter of the circumference of the case from the hinge of the top plate,E, thereof, so as to permit the said bezel and the movement attached thereto to be swung out at right angles to the said top plate.

It is obvious that various modifications in the details of construction may be made without departing from the principle of my invenvention, and I therefore do not wish to be understood as limiting myself strictly to the precise details of construction hereinbefore described and shown in the drawings.

I do not lay claim in the present application to the subject-matter claimed in an application filed by me of even date herewith, Serial No. 163,658.

Having thus described my invention, what I IOO claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination, with the watch-case proper, of a removable case -lining` applied Within the same and having an outswinging ring to which the inovenlentholding,` vring is attached, substantially as and for the purposes described.

2. The con1bination,with the Case-lining' A,

having flange a. and screw-threaded portion a', and the bezel B, screw-threaded to fit up- 

